Arnold Sauther attended Buffalo State and later on Ohio State for his masters. He studied for a summer in Mexico and taught in England for a year. Now retired after many years of teaching secondary art, he is enjoying life as a full-time artist and taking his time studying and painting.

Noreen Sadue is from the Albany area but makes her home in the North Country since she started her career in teaching art in a local public school. She is both a photographer and a painter. Her images reveal her unique artistic ability.

Joan Mazzacano is a serious  and accomplished oil, pen and ink, and pastel artist. Her interest right now is in doing more plein air painting during  the spring, summer, and fall months. However, she is also a professional  framer whose artistic skills are evident in images she frames at forartsake. She takes great pride n the framing process.

A professional artist and teacher, Valerie Patterson was chosen to be represented at the Inaugural Exhibition of a new gallery (Monkdogz Urban Art) in the Chelsea district of NYC. Her work along with that of nine other international artists was part of the exhibit held in March, 2006.  Valerie was just notified that she was chosen again by this same gallery to be part of a new exhibit titled DAMES that is scheduled to open in April of 2007.

Gail Bessette says her thoughts are revealed in each piece she creates. She hopes viewers will have similar sensations that she feels are common to us all regardless of our varied life experiences.

Jeanne Danforth and her art reflects rural upstate New York where she has lived and worked for the past 30 years. A great deal of it involves animals, rural people, and their combined lives. She starts with photographs to secure the essence of the subject. She often goes out to the actual sight to see what the photograph framed and  works using both experiences to create the final image.

Beverly Quenville is a retired art teacher and the owner of forARTSake. Opening the shop in June of 2001 served as an outlet for her to share a love of art and of teaching and has opened up all kinds of opportunities for her. She enjoys working in the community as an advocator for the arts. Watercolor and oil have traditionally been her favorite media, but she is also fascinated with mixed media construction.

Anne Ray creates oils, watercolors, and pastels in her second life. She first experienced art in college and had a positive experience but went on to have a career as a physical education instructor and coach. However,  in her retirement, she is finally redefining herself as a successful artist

     Jon Chodat says, “Photography has always been part of my life, but it wasn’t until about 25 years ago that I started to become more serious in the study of techniques, theories and the science behind photography and the camera.”  He has explored a variety of avenues such as portraiture, wedding, nature, scenes, macro and more. Chodat  continues to learn and experience photography into the digital age.

Ellen Hall said in a recent artist statement, "I am a local amateur photographer having had an interest in photography for as long as I can remember. As a young child, I had my own Brownie camera and have advanced to my current interest in digital photography. During my younger years, I was influenced by the early enthusiasm of my father, Philip Unwin, in different types of photography."